刘毅 GRE3000字汇(P038-075)

Test 18
1. When combined, the two gases are lethal1.
2. His passionate2 speech incited3 the crowd to attack the royal palace.
3. Don’t ignore signals of imminent4 danger.
4. He regarded it as an indignity5 to ask for favors of others.
5. Many examples of rococo6 architecture can be seen in Spain.
6. We stayed up all night and listened to her witticisms7.
7. The extreme heat during the day is the reason for their apparent indolence.
8. The team languished8 in last place until the new coach arrived.
9. The recipient9 of the award gave me a short speech.
10. She met many new friends during the orientation10 week.
11. Don’t be fooled by the immobility of that animal; it’s a nocturnal creature.
12. We wanted our goals as transparent11 as possible.
Vocabulary:
Lethal/incite/imminent/indignity/rococo/witticism/indolence/languish/recipient/ orientation/immobility/transparent
Test 19
1. The AIDS virus attacks the body’s immune system.
2. The detective quickly drew an analogy between the two seemingly unrelated crimes.
3. Inhabitants of the maritime12 provinces are usually very knowledgeable13 about fishing.
4. Albert finished the race in the hindmost position.
5. Today’s temperature has reached 30 degrees centigrade.
6. She has a distinct antipathy14 to those who smoke.
7. For technical words you can’t understand, refer to the glossary15.
8. The two factions16 were unable to reach consensus17.
9. Strong earthquakes can create a catastrophe18 if they hit a populated area.
10. Being an extrovert19, he opted21 for a career in show business.
11. Her friends condoled22 with on her sudden bereavement23.
12. Bureaucracy often hinders the progress of a government.
Vocabulary:
Immune/analogy/maritime/hindmost/centigrade/antipathy/glossary/consensus/ catastrophe/bereavement/bureaucracy
Test 20
1. All mammal mothers nurture24 their young.
2. Idolatry is the worship of idols25 such as movie stars, famous musicians or even obscure gods.
3. The author of that book prefers to remain anonymous26.
4. The Pope is at the head of the Catholic hierarchy27.
5. The judge said that the accused’s background was irrelevant28 to the case.
6. The antagonism29 between the two teams is because of their long rivalry30.
7. The ideology31 of a Buddhist32monk33 differs from that of a Catholic priest.
8. We couldn’t help but compromise with him on the matter.
9. Living so recklessly can be hazardous34 to your health.
10. His irreverent remarks shocked all the worshippers.
11. Many educators fear that comic books will contaminate the moral of the young.
Vocabulary:
Nurture/idolatry/anonymous/hierarchy/irrelevant/antagonism/ideology/ compromise/hazardous/irreverent/contaminate
Test 21
1. You don’t have to be old to make judicious35 decision.
2. To avoid setting a bad precedent36, the headmaster punished the tardy37 student.
3. It took several years to renovate38 the cathedral.
4. All his relatives abhor39 his indulgent lift style.
5. The police have so far failed to apprehend40 the suspects.
6. Political speeches are usually full of fancy rhetoric41.
7. The engineers calculated that it was not practicable to dig a railway tunnel under that mountain.
8. Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal did irreparable damage to his reputation.
9. The company’s financial situation appeared to be irremediable, so they declared bankruptcy43.
10. Anthropologists study modern and ancient cultures.
11. The earthquake had caused a lot of damage, but it was all reparable.
12. She is always gossiping about inconsequential matters.
Vocabulary:
Judicious/precedent/renovate/indulgent/apprehend/rhetoric/practicable/irreparable/ irremediable/anthropologist/reparable/inconsequential
Test 22
1. Some fast food has a very low nutrient45 content.
2. The director can be rather repellent when he’s on the set.
3. The lieutenant46 tried to appease47 the angry soldiers.
4. He will retaliate48 on whoever insults him.
5. They offered to sell us the obsolete49 goods at a substantial discount.
6. After an impressive beginning, the rest of their career was an anticlimax50.
7. Attempts by management to integrate the tow subsidiaries haven’t gone smoothly51.
8. He renounced52 his claim to the inheritance.
9. In that country, attending school is not optional; it’s obligatory53.
10. Let’s all strive for the regeneration of our society.
11. Shakespeare was the preeminent54playwright55 of his time.
12. His renunciation of his previous statements came as a great surprise.
Vocabulary:
Nutrient/repellent/appease/retaliate/obsolete/anticlimax/integrate/renounce/obligatory/regeneration/preeminent/renunciation
Test 23
1. Auxiliary56 police were called in to quell57 the riot.
2. The value of US dollars had depreciated58 due to inflation.
3. Her insolent59 remarks showed that she did not respect him.
4. The fickle60 salesman changed jobs whenever he received a better offer.
5. Most stories are adapted from archetypes.
6. This word processor is compatible with most personal computers.
7. We are given much latitude61 in political belief.
8. Chef Pierre specializes in French cuisine62.
9. They traveled form Dover to Oxford63 by private conveyance64.
10. He is an expert on the archaeology65 of ancient Egypt.
11. A humble66 man becomes hypocritical if he goes too far.
12. Printing more money is incompatible67 with reducing inflation.
Vocabulary:
Auxiliary/depreciate/insolent/fickle/archetype/compatible/latitude/cuisine/conveyance/ archaeology/hypocritical/incompatible
Test 24
1. She intimated that she was in agreement with them.
2. It’s manifest that she has lost some weight.
3. After retaking the town they found that it had been ravaged68 by the enemy.
4. Being garrulous69 is an attribute of a salesman.
5. She ignored their malicious70 gossip and continued with amour.
6. This medicine isn’t a panacea71 for all illnesses.
7. She had an excellent linguistic72 ability; she spoke73 six languages well.
8. The war had depleted74 the resources of the country.
9. The ingenuous75 young man was deceived into joining their cult44.
10. Her aspiration76 to become a journalist has been realized.
11. The British queen is the counterpart of the French president.
12. The priest pronounced a benediction77 over the newlyweds.
Vocabulary:
Intimate/manifest/ravage/attribute/malicious/panacea/linguistic/deplete/ingenuous/ aspiration/counterpart/benediction
Test 25
1. They had tried hard to purge78 dissidents from the party.
2. They met with a slight mishap79 on the way.
3. An introvert80 by nature, he doesn’t like to socialize much.
4. Archaeologists discovered vestiges81 of the Mayan civilization.
5. We didn’t catch the exact meaning of his paradox82.
6. She didn’t notice the subsequent change in his attitude.
7. The U. N. reconciles international disputes.
8. Stagnant83 water in ponds might be the reason for the increase in cases of malaria84.
9. His arguments seemed sophomoric85 and tedious.
10. Climbing Mount Everest is a mammoth86undertaking87.
11. The government was surprised at the vehement88 public protest against the new tax.
Vocabulary:
Purge/mishap/introvert/vestige/paradox/subsequent/reconcile/stagnant/sophomoric/mammoth/vehement
Test 26
1. Such a myopic89 strategy is doomed90 to failure.
2. The company’s attempt to increase sales in Asia has made substantive91 progress so far.
3. Predatory animals are those which prey92 upon other animals.
4. The moon appears to be in perpetual motion.
5. The practical uses of this machine are manifold.
6. After the expiration93 date, the tickets are automatically invalidated.
7. He ignored the provocation94 of the bully95 and continued with his work.
8. They didn’t recognize the magnitude of the problem
9. The hotel is in close proximity96 to the train station.
10. Necessity is the mother of innovation.
11. She gave an incredulous look to the salesman when he told her it was the best product.
12. Remember to state the source when you paraphrase97.
Vocabulary:
Myopic/substantive/predatory/perpetual/manifold/invalidate/provocation/magnitude/ proximity/innovation/incredulous/paraphrase
Test 27
1. His avarice98 earned him the scorn of all neighbors.
2. Jose Canseco is a prolific99 home run hitter.
3. The doctors were unable to ascertain100 the cause of her death.
4. The minutes of their meeting were entirely101transcribed102 in the bulletin.
5. Constant surveillance by the secret police finally alienated103 the talented writer from society.
6. An arbitrator was called into mediate104 between the management and the union.
7. An increase in the money supply augments105 inflationary trends.
8. He traveled to India to learn more about meditation106.
9. Psychiatrists107 help people with mental problems.
10. A previous misadventure abroad didn’t affect her fondness of traveling.
11. A doctor needs to have much physiological109 knowledge.
12. History books can give us much retrospective knowledge.
Vocabulary:
Avarice/prolific/ascertain/transcribe/alienate/mediate/augment/meditation/psychiatrist/misadventure/physiological/retrospective
Test 28
1. The immigrants were coerced110 into working at the factory for low wages.
2. Nuclear war could annihilate111 the whole world.
3. He has the presumption112 to say that he can foresee the ultimate effects of the actions.
4. Opium113 should only be used to alleviate114 pain.
5. Drinking warm milk can help cure insomnia115.
6. Fruits and vegetables have much sustenance116.
7. Your report is redundant117; you’d better condense it.
8. Though vivacious118 on stage, her friends found her melancholy119 in private life.
9. Though promising120 in his youth, he only had a mediocre121 career.
10. Most animals that live in the desert are nocturnal.
11. Currently entrepreneurs from many countries are investing in mainland China.
12. Machiavelli believed that politicians must be like chameleons122 in order to be successful.
Vocabulary:
Coerce/annihilate/presumption/alleviate/insomnia/sustenance/redundant/vivacious/ mediocre/nocturnal/entrepreneur/chameleon
Test 29
1. The haps123 and mishaps124 of life are not foreseeable.
2. Jane has a catholic taste for all kinds of literature.
3. She tried to maintain a genteel demeanor125 in public.
4. The population of most countries includes ethnic126 minorities.
5. We have to pay heed127 to the smallest facet128 of that economic problem
6. Young people are often heedless of their parents’ advice.
7. He refused to abase129 himself by doing manual labor130.
8. She was a holy woman, innocent and chaste131.
9. The editor is emending some mistakes in this article.
10. The death knell132 was heard throughout the town.
11. He depicted133 my proposal as unrealistic.
12. He beguiled134 me into signing the contract.
Vocabulary:
Hap/catholic/genteel/ethnic/facet/heedless/abase/chaste/emend/knell/depict/beguile
Test 30
1. The earthquake caused a small rift135 in the coastal136 highway.
2. The senior partner was a good mentor137 for the young associate.
3. The general decided138 to deploy139 more troops at the frontier.
4. The patricide140 was sentenced to life imprisonment141.
5. The surgeon probed the wound to determine the extent of the injury.
6. He adjusted himself very quickly to the sultry weather of the tropical island.
7. He had a booming voice and the robust142 build of a rugby player.
8. His wife berated143 him for his lavish144expenditure145.
9. He has been under the overt20 surveillance of the police.
10. Ignoring the ominous146 signs, the incompetent147 general ordered the troops to attack the enemy stronghold.
11. The sale of tainted148 pork has caused a scandal recently.
12. Edgar Allan Poe had a sardonic149 and unpredictable temperament150.
Vocabulary:
Rift/mentor/deploy/patricide/probe/sultry/robust/lavish/overt/ominous/tainted/ sardonic
Test 31
1. His cold heart was hidden by his urbane151 smile.
2. She was coy in her answer to his proposal of marriage.
3. He refused to return to his natal152 province.
4. Exemplary behavior at work will often earn you a promotion153.
5. His tenure154 as Vice-President was the zenith of his career.
6. She chided the boy for being so naughty.
7. Today there are still many religious zealots in the Middle East.
8. Social life has changed drastically since the advent108 of the television.
9. Many tourists arrive each spring to view these cascades155.
10. After numerous abortive156 deals, the company collapsed157.
11. Some drunkards behave in a bestial158 manner.
12. His placid159disposition160 was the reason for his appointment as a diplomat161.
Vocabulary:
Urbane/coy/natal/exemplary/zenith/chide/zealot/advent/cascade/abortive/bestial/placid
Test 32
1. It’s absurd for journalists to debase themselves in this way.
2. Despite adverse162 weather conditions, the ship arrived on time.
3. No matter what setbacks daunted163 him, he refused to give up.
4. She was baffled by the technical language.
5. There is no facile solution to the grievance164.
6. That clever invention represents the acme165 of his skill.
7. A film critic complained that the censor166 was too tolerant.
8. Just take a little; it’s a strong potion.
9. I can’t understand the legal jargon167 they use in the courtroom.
10. It was patent to us that she was only joking.
11. The mysterious event was an enigma168 to us all.
12. Bereft169 of authority, he was ridiculed170 by his former subordinates.
Vocabulary:
Debase/adverse/daunt/baffle/facile/acme/censor/potion/jardon/patent/enigma/bereft
Test 33
1. Extreme religious fervor171 is often destructive.
2. Nietzsche proclaimed himself to be amoral.
3. He had a phobia of entering cemeteries172.
4. He stood aghast at the horrible sight.
5. Dauntless in the face of adversity, he finally succeeded.
6. Unknown to us then. The event was a prelude173 of things to come.
7. President Clinton was censured174 for failing to take action.
8. Many tourists visit the health resort to have thermal175 baths.
9. They went ahead with the plan once they had his tacit consent.
10. His years spent as a professional soldier made him a stoic176.
11. Stokers “ Dracula” is the most famous vampire177 story.
Vocabulary:
Fervor/amoral/phobia/aghast/dauntless/preclude/censure/thermal/tacit/stoic/ vampire
Test 34
1. The conquests of Napoleon Bonaparte are recorded in the annals of history.
2. They convened178 a special meeting to discuss the issue.
3. They sang a dirge179 before cremating180 the corpse181.
4. Industry has destroyed the livelihood182 of the village artisans.
5. It took weeks to clear the rubble183 caused by the earthquake.
6. The devout184 Muslim prayed five times a day.
7. The fans were in ecstasy185 over seeing their team win the tournament.
8. The tourists were agape at the uninhibited behavior of the natives.
9. We blanched186 almonds by soaking off their skins in boiling water.
10. We found being an optician a boring but stable career.
11. He burnished187 the brass188 until it was shiny.
12. Hunger actuated the indolent hunters into action.
Vocabulary:
Annals/convene/dirge/artisan/rubble/devout/ecstasy/agape/blanch/optician/burnish/ actuate
Test 35
1. Unusual astral events often frightened ancient people.
2. Braille is a tactile189 written language used by the blind.
3. She insisted that their relationship remain a platonic190 one.
4. A great man should disdain191 flatterers.
5. I don’t know what moral to draw from this parable42.
6. There is a large disparity in income between the residents of the two towns.
7. The babysitter is adroit192 at dealing193 with naughty children.
8. “He is as brave as a lion” is an example of simile194.
9. The subject won’t be on the agenda.
10. His attempts to rectify195 the situation were in vain.
11. The crowd was fascinated by the bizarre spectacle.
12. Few of his subjects understood the whimsical king.
Vocabulary:
Astral/tactile/platonic/disdain/parable/disparity/adroit/simile/agenda/rectify/bizarre/ whimsical